Lowell Darling is an American conceptual artist most notable for a series of performances in the 1970s that included nailing cities to the earth, conducting "urban acupuncture" by placing oversize needles in the ground, and stitching up the San Andreas Fault.

He practiced "Contemporary Archaeology" by dumpster diving and using the articles he pulled from the trash bins to create "Found Object" art works.

These form much of his Hollywood Archaeology series, which was made into a website [1] sponsored by the Whitney Museum of Art in 1995.

Other art of his includes a run for public office in the 1978 California gubernatorial election, when his primary challenge to Governor Jerry Brown received some 62,000 votes.

He has described that 2010 run as a means to raise awareness about California's requirement of a two-thirds majority to pass a budget or tax.